FLASH GIVEAWAY: WIN 4 Tickets ($24 Value) To Beat Kitchen's Concerts For Kids at Noon 10/14/18

CHIIL MAMA'S THE PROUD PRESS SPONSOR FOR BEAT KITCHEN'S CONCERTS FOR KIDS SINCE 2010!

There's a chill in the fall air and that means it's time to jam at Concerts for Kids at Beat Kitchen every Sunday at noon (doors at 11:30am)! Food and drinks available and some of the best of Chicago's kindie (kids' indie) musicians.

ChiIL Mama's back as press sponsor and we'll be giving away a FREE family 4 pack of tickets ($24 value) for every show! Pre walkers under age 1 are free. Other kids and adults all need tickets, available in advance or at the door. Concerts are geared toward birth through 8 year olds with an adult along. 

Winners will be announced this Saturday on site and on our social media. Upcoming weeks, our concert ticket giveaways will go live on Fridays and run through midnight the following Thursday, so check back with  ChiILMama.com like we vote in Chi, IL... early and often. 

This Sunday Get Ready to Rock Out 

With Jodi & the Jigglejam Band! Wiggle, JIGGLE, & Giggle to imaginative, interactive tunes!

Get ready to rock out with Jodi Koplin's Jigglejam for their first ever Concerts for Kids appearance! Wiggle, JIGGLE, & Giggle to imaginative, interactive tunes as they rock the Beat Kitchen stage. 

Doors open at 11:30. Brunch menu with tons of kids favorites and full bar for the grown ups (with some of the best bloody marys in town). Bring your friends and tell your neighbors, kindie fans!

Jodi & the Jigglejam Band

Hosted by Jodi Koplin's Jigglejam

Sunday at 12 PM – 1 PM

Concerts for Kids: 2100 W Belmont Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60618

Click HERE to purchase in advance and check Ticket Availability

Enter for your chance to WIN 4 Tickets ($24 value) to Jodi & the Jigglejam Band! via ChiIL Mama.

Enter through noon 10/13/18. Winners will be announced this Saturday on site and on our social media. Upcoming weeks, our concert ticket giveaways will go live on Fridays and run through midnight the following Thursday, so check back with ChiILMama.com like we vote in Chi, IL... early and often. 

*Please check your dates and be sure you can make it to the show before entering. We know kids get sick and last minute things happen, so if you win and can't make it, let us know ASAP so we can choose another winner. No shows who don't let us know will be banned from winning Concerts for Kids tickets for a month.

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KINDIE LAND: Beat Kitchen's THREE Concerts for Kids Saturday AND Sunday This Weekend

It's a MEGA WEEKEND IN CHICAGO LAND FOR KINDIE BANDS Over at Beat Kitchen, ChiIL Mama's Sponsoring a 3-show weekend to get you pumped up for Spring and St. Patrick's Day, with a Saturday show and TWO Sunday performances! Saturday, March 8, 2:00 pm Jeanie B.! and the Jellybeans! A little bit country and a little bit rock-n-roll, Jeanie B. is sure to please all ages! Get tickets! Sunday, March 9, 12:00 pm The Wanna Bees! Builder Brad and Doctor Dan put together a show that'll really get your heart pumping! Get tickets! Sunday, March 9, 3:00 pm Jimmy & Seamus Boyle A father and son duo bringing a little of the Emerald Isle to the Beat Kitchen for St. Patrick's Day. Get tickets! Doors open at 11:00, and Unicoi Art Studio will be painting faces for $1 on Sunday!   BRING XTRA CASH FOR GIRL SCOUT COOKIES SUNDAY ChiIL Mama's daughter, Sage, will have a cash & carry booth set up with boxes for $4 in the top 5 flavors: *Thin Mints *Samoas *Tagalongs *Trefoils *Do-Si-Dos

Winning Wednesday-Milk Unleashed Winner Announced & More Giveaways

Congrats to Raquel B.   You've won our Milk Unleashed Shelf Safe Prize Package out of 65 entries!!   Click here for our full Milk Unleashed feature and more details.


Click the links below to enter and win:

**Remember, there are 2 days left to enter to win our 4 pack of tickets to Baby Loves Disco ($60 value) & Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids with Sarah Jayne Lane--ending midnight this Thursday 12/6!  

*Baby Loves Disco:  Win Four FREE tickets for Saturday, December 8th at 12 noon to 2:30 pm here   

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Click here for our full prior feature and show details.


*Click here for your chance to win Four FREE tickets for Sunday, December 9th at 12 noon Sarah Jayne Lane this Sunday & Mr Dave next Sunday at noon--Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids

*Click here to enter ChiIL Mama's Holidaze 12 Days of Giveaways.  They are all open and ongoing till midnight 12/15.   

Check back for great new freebies daily!   Open nationwide.   Enter any or all of the giveaways.   Multiple wins are possible.  Enter like we vote in Chi, IL... early and often.  

1.   Diary of a Wimpy Kid (your choice of any hardback book from the series including brand new release The Third Wheel)

2.  $100 Gift Certificate to Psychobaby (on line or in store/Bucktown, Chicago)

3.   Go!  Go!  Sports Girls award winning doll (your choice of 13 sports)

KINDIE LAND: Win 4 Tickets to See Sarah Jayne Lane This Sunday at Beat Kitchen #giveaway

 Photo credit www.sarahjaynelane.com.

Due to personal reasons Little Miss Ann is unable to perform this weekend at Beat Kitchen. We will miss her and the band and look forward to bringing them back in the near future. Sarah Jayne Lane has agreed to pinch-hit this Sunday. If you don't know Sarah Jayne, you're in for a treat. Check her out online at www.sarahjaynelane.com. We hope to see you at Beat Kitchen this Sunday, December 9th at noon.


ChiIL Mama still has 4 free tickets for one of our lucky readers.   Enter here for your chance to win tickets to see Sarah Jayne Lane 12/9 and/or Mr. Dave the following Sunday at noon.   All prior entries for Little Miss Ann will still be counted, unless you note otherwise in the comments section below.

KINDIE LAND: Win FREE Tickets To Beat Kitchen's December Concerts for Kids HERE #giveaway

 

Boogers-I Just Wanna Play

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Win 4 Boogers Tickets here--Enter through midnight Thursday 11/29--winner announced Friday.   Show is THIS Sunday 12/2 at noon at Beat Kitchen.
 
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Hey Chi-town.   Come ChiIL Out with ChiIL Mama.   We're stoked to be back again as press sponsor for Beat Kitchen's Rockin' Concerts for Kids every Sunday at noon.

ChiIL Mama will be at Beat Kitchen this Sunday shooting Chicago's favorite punk parents--The Boogers--at their hotly anticipated Extractum Victoris CD RELEASE PARTY!    Come pogo with your punk kin and check out their Ramones style rock.   Our friends at Psychobaby will be there with limited edition kids' tee shirts!!

ChiIL Mama will also be shooting a video interview with the band and we'll be reviewing the new album and giving away THREE copies to our lucky readers as well.   

Enter here to win 4 free tickets to any or all of the December concerts & mark your calendars.   2012-2013 is a great kindie (kids' indie) line up in a wide variety of genres.  Enter through midnight each Thursday.  We announce our lucky winners every Friday.   

 

Shows are generally aimed at birth through 8 year olds and their parents.   Kids under 1 are free.   *Note:   Boogers (playing this Sat 12/2) are LOUD punk and their new album is heavier than ever and recommended for 2nd graders and up.   So, bring ear protection for your littles and consider leaving the bitty babies at home for this one!

Check out ChiIL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often for the scoop on upcoming events, urban parenting and loads of original content like HD video show footage, video band interviews, reviews, show stills, ticket and CD give aways and more!

Extractum Victoris CD

Our heaviest album yet, Extractum
Victoris, will be released on December
4th!! (CD release show in Chicago on
December 2nd!). *Best suited for 2nd
graders and up. Amazing artwork by
Shawn Dickinson! 
Click here to order on amazon.com


Check out ChiIL Mama's plethora of past Boogers coverage HERE including loads of original live concert clips, our video interview and show shots.

Advanced tickets are HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for The Boogers CD Release Show.   This one will very likely sell out!   Of course you can also win 4 free tickets here.   

We have loads of original content on the kindie music scene including video band interviews, live footage on ChiIL Mama's YouTube Channel, free tickets, and tons of great CD giveaways!!    Make it a kindie holiday this year and check out ChiILMama.com like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.   Our giveaways are open nationwide.   Tickets are Chicago based.

Looking for a particular favorite kids' band or our past Beat Kitchen features.  Use the handy search bar in the right hand column to search ChiIL Mama's archives.

 Good luck and we'll see you out there!   

 
Win 4 Little Miss Ann Tickets here.  Show is Sunday 12/9 at noon.

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Win 4 Mr. Dave Tickets here.  Show is Sunday 12/16 at noon.   *Last BK Kids Show Till 2013!! 

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KINDIE LAND: Ticket Winners Announced-Dan Z. & Erin J.

Big congrats to our two kindie ticket winners for this weekend:

Dan Z --

4 Tickets To Little Miss Ann at Township

 

Erin J.--4 free tickets to 

Jeanie B! and The Jellybeans THIS Sunday 11/18 at NOON--Beat Kitchen's November Concerts

Winners, check your e-mails for confirmation.


Click here for full details on both shows.

KINDIE LAND: Winners Announced #giveaway

KINDIE LAND

   
Congrats to our 4 ticket winners.   Click the links below for full show info.   Your name will be on the guest list at the door.   ID required.


*Baby Loves Disco Nov. and/or December at Beauty Bar  Miriam C.


*Beat Kitchen's November Concerts for Kids  Erin J.

*and Little Miss Ann/Mr. Dave at Martyrs!!!!  Yolanda K.

Remember to check back with ChiIL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.   We have great original content, photo & video filled features, and sweet give aways (nationwide goodies & Chicago show tickets).

Enter now for 4 free tickets to: 

*Jeanie B! and The Jellybeans--Beat Kitchen's November Concerts

*Baby Loves Disco December 8th

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Winning Wednesdays--Loads of Give Aways & Winner Announcements

KINDIE LAND   
Enter through midnight Thursday 11/8 for your chance to win 4 free tickets to: 


*Baby Loves Disco Nov. and/or December at Beauty Bar


*any/all Beat Kitchen's November Concerts for Kids

*and Little Miss Ann/Mr. Dave at Martyrs!!!!

Click the links above to enter any or all of our giveaways.   Entry is easy.   Winning rocks!   We never spam or share your info.

****Big congrats to Sherry C., our 4 ticket winner for Adventure Stage Theatre's brand new show, Six Stories Tall, opening THIS Saturday (ages 8+).  

Come explore what it means to be a hero.  Do you dig mermaids, monsters, music and spray paint?!  You've gotta see this show.   Adventure Stage is one of our favs here at ChiIL Mama!

Check out our past photo & video filled Adventure Stage coverage here.

 

****Big congrats to Meg M, our 4 ticket winner for ChiTAG (Chicago Toy and Game Fair) this week.   We're still giving away one more set of tickets the 14th.   So enter like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often!

Check out our past photo & video filled ChiTAG coverage here.

We'll be featuring original hot toy reviews, inventor features, and more all season as we count down to the holidays.   Get a great start with ChiTAG on November 17th & 18th.   Enter here for your chance to win.   Entries from prior weeks do carry over.

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Thanks to ChiTAG for once again providing us with 6 sets of 4 tickets for our give aways.
**Click here for a $2 off coupon per ticket and more ChiTAG info.**

KINDIE LAND: Win Free Tickets to Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids November

Win 4 free tickets to see Mary Macaroni (above) 11/11 at noon.

ChiIL Mama's stoked to be back again this season as one of two media sponsors for the series.   This prolific weekly Kindie (Kids' Indie) Music series will have your progeny pogoing!   Shows are every Sunday at noon and cost just $6.   Kids under 2 are free.   Concerts are a variety of genres and are aimed at ages birth through 10 with parents.

Check out ChiIL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often for the scoop on upcoming events, urban parenting and loads of original content like HD video show footage, video band interviews, reviews, show stills, ticket and CD give aways and more!

Enter here to win 4 free tickets to any/all of the shows.  New winners announced every Friday.   Enter through midnight each Thursday.

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Mary Macaroni Tickets 11/11/12 at noon
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Jeanie B! and The Jellybeans 11/18/12 at noon

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Winner Announced-Halloween Show-Mr. Singer & The Sharp Cookies #halloweenkidsvideos

Beat Kitchen's Halloween Concert for Kids is Baaaack

Congrats to Jennie R.--ChiIL Mama's family 4 pack ticket winner this week.   Enter like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.   We're back again as one of the media sponsors for Beat Kitchen's excellent weekly kindie music series, and we have great free tickets to ALL the kids' shows.   We'll have all our November concerts up for entry this week.


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Wanna get in the Halloween spirit?

This week's concert is something special!   Mr. Singer & The Sharp Cookies are back with another Halloween Show.   ChiIL Mama caught the whole spooky set from their Beat Kitchen show on video last year, and it was one of our all time favs.   They played not only their own well loved originals, but a host of rockin' covers that the big kids (AKA:  parents) dug just as much as the littles!   Check out their live versions of The Cramps' Goo Goo Muck, White Stripes' Little Ghost, Devil Town, Got a Monster in Me, Spider Man and more below.

Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids are every Sunday at noon, cost just $6, and are all ages.   Kids under 2 are free.   Show are geared toward birth through 10 year olds with accompanying parents.










You can check out loads more great, live Mr. Singer clips on ChiIL Mama's YouTube Channel right here.


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Little Miss Ann Ticket Winner Announced #giveaways

Little Miss Ann   Photo Credit:  Bonnie Kenaz-Mara ChiILMama.com

Congrats to Lisa V.--you've won 4 tickets to see Little Miss Ann this Sunday at noon at Beat Kitchen.


Rafflecopter likes Lisa!   She won 3 Kindie CDs from us October 15, Tickets to Harold and The Purple Crayon and now 4 tickets to Little Miss Ann.   When I notified her, I wrote maybe you should play the actual lottery! 

Here's her happy response:   

Lisa V.--  "Omg!! Maybe I will play the real lottery!!!!   Awesome! Thank you soooooo much, Bonnie! We are super excited!!!! I absolutely love your blog, learning about the fun and artsy side of Chicago with/for kids." 

We highly recommend Little Miss Ann's shows.   Check out our past video interviews with her, original live show footage, and more by clicking right here.   Then catch her live at Beat Kitchen.

Save the dates:

Remember we have 4 free tickets to all of the above kindie shows.   Enter here for your chance to win.   (All our winners are picked blindly and fairly by random.org via Rafflecopter.   Maybe Rafflecopter likes YOU too.   We never spam, share or sell info.) 

We also have another thrilled winner from earlier this week:

Nicole F.-ChiTAG (Chicago Toy and Game Fair 4 ticket winner) Yay!  Thanks so much for another great giveaway on your blog.  We went last year and had a blast, so glad we get to go again to play!

Entering is easy and winning ROCKS!   Check out all our current give aways in the side bar to the right, spread the word on FB and Twitter for more chances to win, and enter like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.   Good luck!

Winning Wednesday--Winners Announced #giveaways

Big congrats to Melissa K.   You've won ChiIL Mama's 4 ticket give away for Harold and the Purple Crayon at Chicago Children's Theatre at 6:30 this Friday, 10/19.   Your name will be on 4 tickets at the box office.   Tickets include a craft making post show pajama party with Wishcraft.   Wear your PJs if you wish.  Full show location and details are here.    Congrats again!

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Shows are selling out for this limited run.   Click here for ChiIL Mama's past Harold coverage then order your tickets today.

Big congrats to Nicole F.  You've won ChiIL Mama's first 4 ticket give away for ChiTAG--Chicago Toy and Game Fair.  Enjoy!

Click here for ChiIL Mama's past ChiTAG coverage then enter below for your chance to win.   We have a total of SIX family 4 packs to give away weekly, leading up to ChiTAG's big 10th anniversary.   Prior entries do carry over, but you can Tweet and share for additional entries throughout the duration.   Good luck! 

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Remember to Check back with ChiIL Mama like we vote in Chi, IL...early and often.  

**Click here for the rest of our family friendly 4 pack ticket give aways going on right now including:  Chicago Toy & Game Fair, weekly tickets to all Beat Kitchen's Concerts for Kids, Six Stories Tall at Adventure Stage Theatre and Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus--Dragons.**